dev

See also: Dev, Dev., and dev'

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of developer, development or device.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛv/

  • Audio (UK)

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛv

Noun

dev (countable and uncountable, plural devs)

1. Clipping of developer.
2. Clipping of development.

   game dev

3. (computing, UNIX) Clipping of device.

Derived terms

• devkit

Etymology 2

From Armenian դեւ (dew). Doublet of daeva.

Noun

dev (plural devs)

1. (Armenian mythology) A monster, dragon, serpent, or giant.
2. (Armenian mythology) An immortal spirit who inhabits old ruins.

Anagrams

• DVE, EDV, VED

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Breton

Adjective

dev

1. Soft mutation of tev.

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Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Related to Persian دهان‎ (dahân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛv/
• Rhymes: -ɛv

Noun

dev m

1. mouth

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دیو‎ (dev, “demon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛβ]

Noun

dev (definite accusative devi, plural devler)

1. giant
2. colossus
3. (slang) cop

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	dev
Definite accusative	devi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dev	devler
Definite accusative	devi	devleri
Dative	deve	devlere
Locative	devde	devlerde
Ablative	devden	devlerden
Genitive	devin	devlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular devim devlerim 2nd singular devin devlerin 3rd singular devi devleri 1st plural devimiz devlerimiz 2nd plural deviniz devleriniz 3rd plural devleri devleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular devimi devlerimi 2nd singular devini devlerini 3rd singular devini devlerini 1st plural devimizi devlerimizi 2nd plural devinizi devlerinizi 3rd plural devlerini devlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular devime devlerime 2nd singular devine devlerine 3rd singular devine devlerine 1st plural devimize devlerimize 2nd plural devinize devlerinize 3rd plural devlerine devlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular devimde devlerimde 2nd singular devinde devlerinde 3rd singular devinde devlerinde 1st plural devimizde devlerimizde 2nd plural devinizde devlerinizde 3rd plural devlerinde devlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular devimden devlerimden 2nd singular devinden devlerinden 3rd singular devinden devlerinden 1st plural devimizden devlerimizden 2nd plural devinizden devlerinizden 3rd plural devlerinden devlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular devimin devlerimin 2nd singular devinin devlerinin 3rd singular devinin devlerinin 1st plural devimizin devlerimizin 2nd plural devinizin devlerinizin 3rd plural devlerinin devlerinin
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular devim devlerim 2nd singular devsin devlersin 3rd singular dev devdir devler devlerdir 1st plural deviz devleriz 2nd plural devsiniz devlersiniz 3rd plural devler devlerdir

Adjective

dev (comparative daha dev, superlative en dev)

1. giant, huge

   dev vücudunda küçük bir kalbe sahip. - he/she possesses a little heart in his/her huge body.

Synonyms

• devasa
• dev gibi
• kocaman
• koca
• koskoca
• koskocaman
• kocaman
• muazzam

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White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *qluwX (“dog”). Cognate with Iu Mien juv.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de˧˦/

Noun

dev

1. dog.

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.